Fabiana Li, University of Manitoba

Research

(1) Food Security (2) Intellectual Property Rights (3) Anthropology of Expertise (4) Science and Technology Studies (5) International Development (6) Food Sovereignty (7) Collaboration (8) Globalization

Latest funding

Anemia, Public Health Interventions, and the Politics of Knowledge in Peru
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$61,211
Dried fish matters: mapping the social economy of dried fish in South and Southeast Asia for enhanced wellbeing and nutrition
SSHRC · 2018 · Co-investigator
$1,942,708
Who Owns Quinoa? Extending Food Security and Intellectual Property Rights from Peru to the World
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$64,430

All 4 grants and awards

Anemia, Public Health Interventions, and the Politics of Knowledge in Peru

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Li, Fabiana

Keywords: knowledge production; expertise; nutrition education; food security; community health; rural development; anemia; ethnography; qualitative methods; Peru.

$61,211

Dried fish matters: mapping the social economy of dried fish in South and Southeast Asia for enhanced wellbeing and nutrition

Co-investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Grants

Keywords: social economy; dried fish; value chains; food and nutrition security; wellbeing; fisheries; South and Southeast Asia

$1,942,708

Who Owns Quinoa? Extending Food Security and Intellectual Property Rights from Peru to the World

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Li, Fabiana

Keywords: (1) Food Security; (2) Intellectual Property Rights; (3) Anthropology of Expertise; (4) Science and Technology Studies; (5) International Development; (6) Food Sovereignty; (7) Collaboration; (8) Globalization; (9) Quinoa; (10) Peru

$64,430

Dried fish matters: mapping the social economy of dried fish in South and Southeast Asia for enhanced wellbeing and nutrition

Co-investigatorSSHRC2017Partnership Grants

Keywords: social economy; dried fish; value chains; food and nutrition security; wellbeing; fisheries; South and Southeast Asia

$549,312

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: (1) Food Security Dear Professor Li, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on (1) food security connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Anemia, Public Health Interventions, and the Politics of Knowledge in Peru" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]